Break Charity – Residential Short Breaks

Break makes life better for children and young people on the edge of care, in care and leaving care. Working across East Anglia, the charity firmly believes that every child, no matter their start in life, deserves a bright future.

Break specialises in providing short breaks for young people with disabilities and complex needs, offering regular planned stays. We have a short breaks home that provides a safe, warm, stable and thoughtful environment for up to six young people between the ages of 5 and 18.

Our team support young people to enjoy a range of activities, build their confidence, independence skills and form friendships. The activities we provide are tailored to each young person. These can include roller-skating, swimming, soft play, going to the cinema and even visiting the circus. Many of these short breaks help to stimulate and develop new interests from having experienced many activities for the very first time.

Over the course of a typical year Break provide over 1000 nights of short breaks. We see fantastic progress as young people demonstrate more patience, sharing, developing relationships and growing in confidence - each short break helps create long term benefits.

To access the Residential Short Breaks service, parents and carers will need to seek a referral from their local authority through a social worker.